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We need an overhaul of our coaching dept.

 
10 minutes ago, Big Carl said:

We need an overhaul of our coaching dept.

Forwards coach, lol. We get tonnes of opportunities going in, our shambolic defense is the one that needs to be fixed first.

 
12 minutes ago, Big Carl said:

We need an overhaul of our coaching dept.

The highest scoring team in the league needs an overhaul of the forward coaching.

Right.

If we have a goal kicking coach, sack him!

if we don’t have a goal kicking coach, hire one tomorrow. 

Our set shots are disgraceful 


Damn right it does Bing.
Mindlessly bombing the ball inside 50 like morons is just BS.
Done it all year and the buck stops with Goodwin.

 

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3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

The highest scoring team in the league needs an overhaul of the forward coaching.

Right.

How’s that working out for us???

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1 minute ago, Gipsy Danger said:

If we have a goal kicking coach, sack him!

if we don’t have a goal kicking coach, hire one tomorrow. 

Our set shots are disgraceful 

Agree. Hire one of the traditional full forwards from the era when full forwards kicked goals. We need a kicking coach urgently.

 
4 minutes ago, Gipsy Danger said:

If we have a goal kicking coach, sack him!

if we don’t have a goal kicking coach, hire one tomorrow. 

Our set shots are disgraceful 

Its not all the goal kicking technique though someone down there needs the gonads to tell Hogan to at least hold the ball on the correct side of his body for a start.
For the most part it the weakness between the ears that kills us.

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More important..... Who's our shot on goal coach?

Helen Keller.

Nothing to do with the coach. The "system" worked. The actual kicking was the let down.

Spargo - who I am a huge fan of by the way - was atrocious today. Couldn't kick over a jam tin, rushing his set shots.

Hogan - I just don't get his constant easy misses.

Jeffy. That miss on the run while  momentum was moving our way. That is what you are in the team for. Energy sapper right there.

Jones on the run. One beauty and one shocker.

Twice in the last quarter a play-on and a slip over cost us walk-in goals. 

No coach fixes this stuff, players do. 

Really, really poor.

15 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

That was just one of those days. 

We seem to have too many of 'those days' mate 


32 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Damn right it does Bing.
Mindlessly bombing the ball inside 50 like morons is just BS.
Done it all year and the buck stops with Goodwin.

 

Ding, bing, bing . . . . . . 

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28 minutes ago, gOLLy said:

More important..... Who's our shot on goal coach?

Appalling routines and skills for set shots!

How did these players survive through junior ranks with these set shot routines?

Oh I forgot, they had great beep tests!!

33 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Its not all the goal kicking technique though someone down there needs the gonads to tell Hogan to at least hold the ball on the correct side of his body for a start.
For the most part it the weakness between the ears that kills us.

Watch closely though, very few of our player have a set routine that they stick to and repeat. Tommy McDonald might be the only one. 

Hogan’s run up, step count and ball drop are different every time.

every player needs a set shot routine. It’s the only way to really work out what they’re doing right or wrong to fix and fine tune any issues.

Ben Brown is the perfect example. His set shots are always to routine. And if he’s off he can look at the footage and fix it


Our scoring strategy is all about volume of entries to forward 50 - get it in as much as possible and eventually we will score - a strategy that doesn’t work against top teams who find it easy to defend -poor coaching!!

32 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Hogan runs under the ball every single time.

And we kick it over his head every single time instead of kicking in front of him to lead into

31 minutes ago, Gipsy Danger said:

Watch closely though, very few of our player have a set routine that they stick to and repeat. Tommy McDonald might be the only one. 

Hogan’s run up, step count and ball drop are different every time.

every player needs a set shot routine. It’s the only way to really work out what they’re doing right or wrong to fix and fine tune any issues.

Ben Brown is the perfect example. His set shots are always to routine. And if he’s off he can look at the footage and fix it

Most of our misses occur in general play.
We lack composure and sheeet ourselves.
It's between the ears.

 

FORGET THAT WHO TEACHES GOAL KICKING??


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